Daniel 12:3

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.”

— WEB

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”

— KJV

“And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 13:43 "Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day."
James 5:19-20 "Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,"
Daniel 11:33 "“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many …"
Daniel 11:35 "Some of those who are wise will fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is y…"
Proverbs 11:30 "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls."
Hebrews 5:12 "For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the r…"
John 4:36 "He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together."

Commentary

wise-- (Pro 11:30). Answering to "they that understand" (Dan 11:33, Dan 11:35), the same Hebrew, Maskilim; Israelites who, though in Jerusalem when wickedness is coming to a head, are found intelligent witnesses against it. As then they appeared worn out with persecutions (typically, of Antiochus; antitypically, of Antichrist); so now in the resurrection they "shine as the brightness of the firmament." The design of past afflictions here appears "to make them white" (Mat 13:43; Rev 7:9, Rev 7:14). turn . . . to righteousness--literally, "justify," that is, convert many to justification through Christ (Jam 5:20). stars-- (Co1 15:41-42).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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